Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Thus ends the most shameful period in Corsair's history. The difference in colour gradients for 512 compared to 16.8m is night and day. Certainly makes the apologisers who insisted it was a minor limitation look a bit foolish. It also makes those who claimed "fast and fluid 16.8M multicolor animation" would be provided seem a bit foolish. At least we've now got 16.8m static colours. If you want 16.8m colour animation, you'll get the fast, but not very fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly_Ripper Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Was spending this much time on this "feature" even worth it? The whole idea of it was to make transition between colours smoother, it made them worse due to the flicker... The new mode improves the transition in animated color gradient effects as used in the popular Mega Rainbow and Spiral Rainbow profiles. It doesn't in the slightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamsterPvP Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Are there Plans to include an in between Option? Like 32k Colors and no Flicker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dourflamingo19 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 using 16.8m with lighting effects is really really terrible. im really dissapointed there wont be a fix. but for people who dont use lighting effets its really satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadelicet Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I see a lot of people complaining about the Flicker with the 16.8M colors. I don't know if it's because I have one of the older\first models (I pre-ordered the RGB K70) or if somehow maybe Windows 10 Tech Preview is doing something, or what. But, I really don't notice\see any flicker, at all. To me, this update fixed literally every problem I had with this keyboard. The freezing from caps lock, the random profile hang, and the duller colors. (16.8m looks freaking pretty. Especially the blues). I really hope that you guys can get a fix for that Flicker problem, from the videos I've seen it looks really annoying. I'm just not getting it. Props to Corsair for having the best keyboard on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terabyte Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 The flicker is visible only depending on the lighting effects used in the profile. For static colors there won't be any flicker for example :): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inheritance Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Are there Plans to include an in between Option? Like 32k Colors and no Flicker? That plan has been discussed and cant be done. Thus ends the most shameful period in Corsair's history. The difference in colour gradients for 512 compared to 16.8m is night and day. Certainly makes the apologisers who insisted it was a minor limitation look a bit foolish. If you are unhappy with your purchase you may contact Corsair at KBinquiries@corsair.com for a full refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markob53 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 In which case, Corsair should include an epilepsy warning with the product. What a ridiculous comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarredMecha Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What a ridiculous comment. He's obviously being facetious/humorous. I found it funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inheritance Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What a ridiculous comment. most of his past comments are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What a ridiculous comment. A lot of videogames have an epilepsy warning. http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/led-lighting-epilepsy-13765/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 most of his past comments are. yea but ALU doesnt conduct. Or its be a terrible face place. Fries the inside everytime you sit down XD EDIT: it does but its jsut not that great at conducting. Terrible spelling and grammar, but if you can make any sense of that ridiculous comment, you'll find that it's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idlikemymoney3 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I might be missing something but what's actually the point of having whatever million colors now? The whole problem was that transitions weren't smooth due to the missing colors. Now you have those missing colors but still can't use transitions because the keyboard goes into disco/strobe mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 the keyboard goes into disco/strobe mode. Hence my comment about epilepsy. Which is ridiculous, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris8809 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nah, I thought it was spot on. Unfortunately my keyboard wont be seeing any special effects since the new update is out, stuck to static only due to all the flickering going on..... :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remilton Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 While I am let down about the flickering problem, this is still an outstanding keyboard in many respects. There are many stunning effects without using gradient transitions. Since this is now the keyboard we have, I am taking this opportunity to seriously explore the programming possibilities, and there are many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kommando Kodiak Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 well I look forward to the K100 RGB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markob53 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 A lot of videogames have an epilepsy warning. http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/led-lighting-epilepsy-13765/ I wasn't disputing that, i was disputing that some slight flickering on keyboard lighting could cause an epileptic fit, and if it could then surely any non flickering animated color profile could cause it in which case you wouldn't buy it if you suffered from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I wasn't disputing that, i was disputing that some slight flickering on keyboard lighting could cause an epileptic fit, and if it could then surely any non flickering animated color profile could cause it in which case you wouldn't buy it if you suffered from them. You might buy it and avoid setting up a profile that could cause a fit (slow gradients), but you would be exposed to flickering light despite this. Actually, I'm suprised that Corsair don't seem to provide a warning anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekopo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Some form of compensation is in order for this massive **** up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Some form of compensation is in order for this massive **** up. I'd like to see Corsair create an RGB keyboard that performs as stated, with few bugs, and without the excuses by their marketing department and their fanboys. I bought a K70 RGB, believing that the dying LED problem of the non-RGB models would be solved, and that it would be capable of fast and fluid 16.8 million colour animation. Over 6 months later we get the 16.8 million colours, but animation with flicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inheritance Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 A lot of videogames have an epilepsy warning. http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/led-lighting-epilepsy-13765/ And more of them dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffo Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 And more of them dont. That would be "don't". Anyway, what I stated is fact, and seems to be a sensible precaution by videogame publishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remilton Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 So Corsairs keyboard has some shortcomings; what product does not? It is still the most solid and featured KB on the market and with the most programmable software. In my humble opinion of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexAU Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 So Corsairs keyboard has some shortcomings; what product does not? It is still the most solid and featured KB on the market and with the most programmable software. In my humble opinion of course. You're right about most products having shortcomings; there's always a trade off unless you're willing to spend a fortune on a product without compromises. The difference with Corsair's RGB keyboards is the severity of the problem and the impact is has on one of their main selling points. This transcends the minor annoyances usually seen in mainstream pc hardware and peripherals. It's a major product feature that's nowhere close to what was promised, without any realistic prospect of a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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